Data Robotics Serves US Military Supplier's Data Storage Needs in
Virtualized Server Environment
DroboElite Supports Microsoft Hyper-V Virtual Servers With
Simplified Storage Capacity Expansion and Long Term Protection of
Business Critical Data
SANTA CLARA, CA--(Marketwire - March 30, 2010) - Data Robotics,
Inc., the company that is changing the way the world stores and protects
digital content, today announced that Elite Brands, the primary
supplier of over forty brands and hundreds of products to US military
commissaries and exchanges around the world, has deployed Data Robotics'
DroboElite to provide easy-to-manage, redundant storage to ensure data
accessibility and protection in the company's growing Microsoft Hyper-V
virtual server environment.
"With five of our servers filled to 95 percent capacity, we
were constantly running out of space and our systems were very slow,"
said Dylan McCullough, systems engineer at Elite Brands. "DroboElite
enabled us to add 16 terabytes of capacity instantly and create new
volumes in seconds. As a result, I no longer have to worry about
increasing hard disk space on the network. Beyond capacity expansion,
what stood out the most was the BeyondRAID technology. We don't have to
take down an array for dual disk redundancy and the DroboElite will
rebuild itself. You can even access files during a rebuild -- there are
high-end systems that don't do that."
With DroboElite, Elite Brands is able to ensure business
continuity by leveraging Data Robotics' award-winning BeyondRAID storage
virtualization technology for zero-downtime capacity expansion and
protection against failed drives. Dual drive redundancy ensures that
Elite Brands' essential business data is accessible even in the event of
up to two simultaneous hard drive failures. BeyondRAID also provides
massive volume expandability in a virtualized architecture that is both
self-managing and self-healing, enabling Elite Brands to solve both of
its core challenges of capacity management and data safety.
"Companies of all sizes are moving towards increasingly
virtualized server environments, and the DroboElite provides storage
that essentially manages itself for those environments," said Jim
Sherhart, senior director of marketing at Data Robotics. "By providing a
truly reliable place to keep data and integration with virtualization
platforms like Hyper-V and VMware, the DroboElite allows companies to
focus resources on their business rather than managing complex IT
configurations."
About Data Robotics
Data Robotics, Inc., the company that delivers the best
storage experience ever, develops automated storage
products designed to ensure data is always protected, accessible,
and simple to manage. The award-winning Drobo storage arrays are the
first to provide the protection of traditional RAID without the
complexity. The revolutionary BeyondRAID technology frees users from
making the difficult and confining choice of "Which RAID level to
deploy?" by providing an unprecedented combination of advanced features
and automation, including single- and
dual-drive redundancy, instant expansion,
self-monitoring,
data awareness,
self-healing,
and an easy-to-understand visual status and alert panel. For more
information, visit Data Robotics at www.datarobotics.com.
Data Robotics, DroboElite, and BeyondRAID are trademarks of
Data Robotics, Inc., that may be registered in some jurisdictions. All
other trademarks used are owned by their respective owners.